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Akram Khan Company
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The New Yorker
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Upcoming Events
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Raymond Antrobus
on deafness, language and identity
John Crace
on British politics and the absurdities of recent governments
Jay Griffiths
on the healing power of our bond with animals
Stephen Grosz
on love, heartbreak and the human condition
Mary Keen
on the everyday pleasures of gardening
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - December 2025
5x15 welcomes a line-up of inspiring speakers and fascinating stories in December, from histories of deafness and learning how to love, to the healing nature of plants and animals.
The Tabernacle, W11
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - January 2026
5x15 returns to The Tabernacle in January with a line-up of inspiring speakers and award-winning storytellers to kick off the new season.
The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Julia Bradbury
on the secrets of personalised medicine
Andrew Lownie
on the rise and fall of the House of York
Claudia Hammond
on overwhelm and how to take the pressure off
Gary Younge
on creative freedom as an act of resistance
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - January 2026
5x15 returns to The Tabernacle in January with a line-up of inspiring speakers and award-winning storytellers to kick off the new season.
The Tabernacle, W11
Conway Hall, WC1R
Featuring Talks By:
Antony Beevor
Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs
5x15 Special: Antony Beevor on Rasputin
A special event with Britain’s foremost historian of war and no.1 bestselling author of Stalingrad, speaking about one of history's most destructive masterminds.
Conway Hall, WC1R
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
Wade Davis @ 5x15 - Cultures at Risk
Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic.
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
